Credit-accounting appliance.



PATBNTED OCT. 15, 1907.

R. D. PARDEE.

CREDIT ACCOUNTING APPLIANCE.

2 SHHETSSHEET l.

INYENTOR: fiflflmw. M

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11,1906.

IVJTNESSES:

-ATTORNEY. I

PATENTED OCT. 15, 1907.

R. D. PARD EE. CREDIT ACCOUNTING APPLIANCE.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-11.1906.

INVENTOR:

@[AM M ATTORNEY.

UNITED ROLLIN D. PARDEE, OF GARRETTSVILLE, OHIO,

B dg EXT OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR TO THE MCCASKEY REGISTER COMPANY, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO, AOORPORATION OF OHIO.

CREDIT-ACCOUNTING APPLIANCE.

No. 868,1 1e.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented Oct. 15, 1907..

Application filed August 11, 1906. Serial No. 330,187.

To all whom it may-concem;

Be it known that I, RoLLIN D. PARDEE, a citizen of the United States, fisiding at Garrettsville, in the county of Portage and State .of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Credit-Accounting Appliances; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. v

This invention relates to apparatus forming parts of the mechanical features of a credit-accounting system,

the apparatus being designed to hold in systematic order duplicates of all bills. or credit sales slips given by merchants with sales of merchandise on credit account, the apparatus having also other uses for. filing.

papers, and the invention has particular reference to bill-holding cabinets and bill-holders thereof in which the bills may be filed and kept systematically indexed for future reference, as original entries of transactions, without requiring the use of account books with the uncertainties of copying transactions into them. y

Objects of the invention are, first, to provide-0on venient appliances or apparatus of simple and relatively cheap construction, for the use of those who may not re- I quire the more extensive and elaborate filing facilities proved construction provided with bill-holding leaves or frames of novel construction and supported removably in .the cabinet casing in a novel manner, there being a plurality ofleaves hinged together, and the foremost or front leaf normally supporting all of theremaining leaves in the casing in a novel manner so that the weights of the leaves by gravity will hold the leaves in upright positions when so placed, without the use of balancing springs and, the invention consists further in the novel parts and the combinations and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter partioularly'described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings Figure -l is aperspective viewof the improved credit-accountingcabinet;Fig.2,

a bottom plan view of the bill-holding'leaves, showing the arrangements of the hinges that hold them together portably; Fig. 3, a perspective. view of the leaves; Fig. 4, a vertical sectional view of the cabinet at the lefthand side of the leaves, all but'one of th'e leaves being horizon tal on the desk part of the cabinet, and the remaining leaf being. vertical, dotted lines indicating the positions of all of the leaves when closed in upright positions; Fig. 5, a perspective view of the base to which the leaves are connected in the casing; Fig.6, a

' side elevation ofthe cabinet with parts thereof broken away and showing the leaves in various positions; Fig. 7, a plan of the inner or rear side of the front and other bill-holding leaves except the rear leaf which has its front only arranged to hold bills, the front leaf having tervening leaves are adapted to hold bills on both front and rear sides thereof; Fig. 8, a perspective view of one of the guards for holding the bill slips in the pocketsof the leaves; Fig. 9, a longitudinal sectional View of either one of the intermediate leaves taken as on the plane of the line A-A in Fig. 7; Fig.'10, a transverse sectional View of either one-of the intervening leaves taken as on the plane of the line B-Bin Fig. 7 Fig. 11, a fragmentary perspective view showing a corner of the forward leaf and device attached thereto for connecting the leafto the supporting base in'the casing;

and, Fig. 12, a fragmentary sectional view showing the 'connections which hold the forward leaf to the base.

Similar reference characters in the several figures of the drawings designate corresponding elements or features of construction. 7

In the drawings a designates the base or desk part of the cabinet having a top b on the rearpart thereof servingas a bottom for the casing in which 'thebill-holding only its rear side arranged to hold bills, while the in leaves are arranged, there being a base 0 and hinges c v at the forward edge of the top b connecting thereto a lid dhaving a glass panel e, there being a leaf f connected to the lid d by hinges g and provided with a finger-hold h. The casing part of the cabinet com prises two sides 8 and j, a backk and'a top l. Substantially the same construction has been heretofore used and requires no further description. i

In the present invention the upper of-the casing is provided with an inclined guidecomprising a plate,- boardpr block m having a front face extending fromthe back k'iipwardlyand forwapdly towards'or to the top land provided with a smoothfdace'plate or strip D,

moreof tli'e leaves may upon the lid of the so. or a'plurality-oflstrips', againstwhich the upper rear edge of the. rear bill-holding leaf may slide, for keeping the rearmost leaves in upright positions while one or venient element and is provided on its top with a pair of bearing plates E and E above which hinge-pins F and F are supported by stems nthat extend through the plates into the base. 1

A set of bill-holding leaves comprises any suitable number, there being a front leaf G,,a rear leaf H like the front leaf, with plain or ornamental outer sides, and a plurality of intermediate leaves, as I and I, of identical construction adapted to hold slips of paper on both front and rear sides thereof. The front leaf G is provided at its lower forward edge with a pair of bearing pieces .l and J that are annular in shape and extend against the front and bottom of the leaf and are secured thereto, the pieces having slots p and p in theangles thereof, to clear the stems n of the hinge-pins, and slots q and q extending from the slots and p in the parts of the pieces that extend under the bottom of the leaf to clear the hinge-pins, so that the leaf may beconnected to the hinge-pins or disconnected therefrom when the leaf 'is in upright position only, the edge of the leaf being cut away behind the bearing piece to clear the hinge-pin. The bearing pieces normally rest upon the bearing plates as sliding contact supports, 'while serving with the hinge-pins as pivotal connections for the front leaf andindirectly for the other leaves which are connected tdgetlier and normally supported by the front leaf, the leaf 1 having its lower for ward edge connected byhinges r and r to the lower rear edge of the leaf G, the lower rear edgebf the leaf I being connected to the lower forward edge of the leaf 1 by hinges 'sand ,s, and the lower forward edge of the rear leaf H being likewise connected by hinges to the lower rear edge of the rearlnost intermediate leaf, all of the leaves being'thus grouped with their edges flush so that they together are of rectangular form, and all of the leaves thus grouped may be retained upright by gravity in the casing, leaning against the back thereof whilea supported at the lower forward edged the front leaf, or all of the leaves may lie together on the lid d with the leaves in the same relative order one upon another. Also the leaves may swing apart similarly'to theleaves of other bill-files, or as seen in Figs, 4 and 6. The upper forward-edge of the leaf G is provided with guordpleces K, and the upper rear edge of the leaf H is pro-' vided with contact-pieces L that are adapted to slide against the guide strips D. during vertical movements of the leaves. The frames of the leaves are of considerable .thickness, and the upper ends of all except the number or character u, the beveled part serving'as finger clearance space so that the operator may place a finger therein to engage and draw forward the adjacent forward leaf. v

v The leavesI or I are each composed of a bottom plate M of suitable material" to theopposite sides of which are secured strips forming partitions N and N and framing O and O, and P and P ;.and also parti tions Q and Q, the framing and partitions being. at-

tached to the bottom plate preferably by clenched brads 1) or w and forming with the bottom plate a suitable number of pockets to receive the bill-slips, each pocket being provided at its front with a pair of guards R and S formed of wire and having each a lateral branch x, the ends of the guards being secured to the partitions or side parts of the framing of the leaves and extending partially across the otherwise open tops of the pockets, so that slips may be placed in the pockets under the guards and retained against accidental dislodg-- ment. The rear side of the front leaf G and the front side of the rear leaf H are likewise'provided with pockets and guards, and the pockets have suitable index characters 3 suitably arranged thereat. The outer sides of the leaves have a suitable ornamental covering T which'may be composed of 'various material glued or pasted to the leaves. I

In practical use it is customary, in selling merchandise at retail on credit, to write a bill or invoice of the goods with prices thereof, carrying forward any balance that may be due and making a footing showing new balance due, at the same time making a carbon copy of the bill to be given to the customer, and the merchant should then place the-original bill in a suitable pocket in one of .the bill-holding leaves of the above-described cabinet where all subsequent bills should be also placed until settlement shall have been made of the account. In this system no additional entries in books are necessary. The bill-slips may be placedinthe pockets by pushing them endwiseunder the ends of the guards.

When a leaf is drawn forward so that the pockets may I be reached the leaf will so remain until pushed up nearly to an uprightnosition when the weight of the; leaf or additional leaves connected thereto will hold it in an upright position, by reason of the center of gravity ofeach leaf being rearward of the point of its support. When desired to remove the leaves from their casing they may be readily lifted from the hinging connections of the forward leaf w'iththe base while the leaves are in upright positionst Having thus described the invention, ,what is claimed as new is LuCr edlt-accountlng appliances including a plurality of hinged bill-holding frames each.comprising a bottom plate, partltions on the bo ttom plate to form pockets, and guards attached to the tops of the partitions and extending partially over the pockets, each pocket having two guards, one at either side thereof, and eachguard extending partially over an end of the pocket. y p p 2 Credit accounting appliances including a portable gi'oup 'of hill-holding frames hinged together and compria lug each a, bottom plate and strips secured plate to form pockets,- there being a plurality of pockets von each frame with closed bottoms, each pocket havingaa;

guard extending partially-Hover one side thereof nudge relatively shorter "guard extending partially overthe o posite sidessthereoflsaid guards extending'toone end of r .120 pocket, each, guard "being secured-to two of said 'strip'sj f each one of said pocke ts being unobstructed at the frontoi one end thereof; 1;

3. Credit-accounting appliances including a case, va Dun-, of bearing platesin the case liav ing each a stem extending 125 vertically from the top-thereof, 'eac h stem having a hdr i zontal hinge-pin formed thereon, and a bill-holding lelff" provided with a pair: of hearingpiec'es that are angular ll '1' shap and ektend against two faces of the leaf. the bear ing p leces'liavlng each'a'slot in the angle-thereof to clear- 1 the stem of the hinge -pin, and another slot extending horizontally. therefrom in the part of-the bearing piece that extends under the bottom, of the leafto CleilP-tlle' hingeto the bottom 4. Credit-accounting apparatus inclnding a case, An in-' ports and normally supporting the other leaves in upright positions, and the rearmost one Of said leaves normally resting against said inclined guide.

5. Credit-accounting apparatus including a case, an mclined guide fixed in the case, pivotal snpportsumounted two witnesses.

In testimony whereof, I afiix'my sig natufe in presenc 01' Witnesses: L. W. Lnyvrs, J. J; BROWN. 

